2008 Perseids from Crni Vrh Observatory
High activity of Perseids meteor stream was recorded during the nights of 2008 Aug. 11-12 and 12-13. Several fireballs and meteors were recorded with newly set up Deep All Sky Camera, comprising Peleng 3.5/8 mm fisheye lens and FLI 1024 x 1024 back illuminated CCD camera. The camera lens was stopped to f/5.6 to give sharper images on standard 90 second exposures. Occasional cloud passages slightly affected observations. All images have dark and bias subtracted.

Imaging Statistics
Date Effective imaging time (hours) Recorded Perseids
2008 Aug. 10-11 3.7 2
2008 Aug. 11-12 4.6 20
2008 Aug. 12-13 3.5 10
Total 11.8 32

Table 1: Imaging statistics over the three observing nights. Altogether 32 meteors, belonging to Perseids stream were recorded.

List of Images Exposure start (UT) Number of Perseids
C_2008-08-11-023201.jpg 0h32m01s 1
C_2008-08-11-033130.jpg 1h31m30 1
C_2008-08-12-012134.jpg 23h21m34s 2
C_2008-08-12-013726.jpg 23h37m26s 1
C_2008-08-12-013924.jpg 23h39m24s 2
C_2008-08-12-014123.jpg 23h41m23s 3
C_2008-08-12-014919.jpg 23h49m19s 1
C_2008-08-12-015317.jpg 23h53m17s 1
C_2008-08-12-024644.jpg 0h46m44s 1
C_2008-08-12-025042.jpg 0h50m42s 3
C_2008-08-12-030637.jpg 1h06m37s 1
C_2008-08-12-033222.jpg 1h32m22s 3
C_2008-08-12-035013.jpg 1h50m13s 1
C_2008-08-12-042556.jpg 2h25m56s 1
C_2008-08-13-011942.jpg 23h19m42s 1
C_2008-08-13-015726.jpg 23h57m26s 2
C_2008-08-13-031553.jpg 1h15m53s 1
C_2008-08-13-032949.jpg 1h29m49s 1
C_2008-08-13-033547.jpg 1h35m47s 2
C_2008-08-13-034541.jpg 1h45m41s 2
C_2008-08-13-040333.jpg 2h03m33s 1

Table 2: List of images and number of recorded Perseids.

Selection of best images
Two Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 11, starting at 0h32m01s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Two Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 11, starting at 1h31m30s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Two Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 11, starting at 23h21m34s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Three Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 11, starting at 23h37m26s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Three Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 11, starting at 23h39m24s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Three Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 11, starting at 23h41m23s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Three Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 12, starting at 0h46m44s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Three Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 12, starting at 0h50m42s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Perseid meteor recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 12, starting at 23h19m42s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. The Moon is just over the western horizont. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Two Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 12, starting at 23h57m26s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. An aircraft crossed most of the sky during exposure. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Two Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 13, starting at 1h29m49s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.
Two Perseid meteors recorded with Deep All Sky Camera on 2008 Aug. 13, starting at 1h45m41s UT. Exposure time was 90 seconds. Copyright © 2008 by H. Mikuz, Crni Vrh Observatory.

Further Perseid meteor images, recorded with robotic All Sky Camera.

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